224   Frequency of comprehensive and supplementary reports

(1)  The first state of the environment report of a council for the year ending after each election of the councillors for its area must be a comprehensive state of the environment report.

Note. Under section 287 of the Act, such an election must be held every 4 years. A council’s year is defined in the Dictionary to the Act to end on 30 June, and its annual report (which includes its state of the environment report) must be prepared within 5 months after that date (section 428)—that is, by 30 November. Accordingly, this subclause requires the state of the environment report prepared by the November of the year following the year in which the election is held to be a comprehensive state of the environment report.

(2)  The other state of the environment reports may each be either a comprehensive state of the environment report or a supplementary state of the environment report, as the council chooses.